Holder for drinking-cups.



J. B. WALKER & P. J. HAMPTON.

HOLDER FOR DRINKING CUPS. APPLICATION IIVLED SEPT. 22, 1010.

Patented Sept. 19, 1911.

514052 "foe altozmap U NITED STAT-ES PATENT'OFFIOE.

,tLflJMBS B. W-KLK ER AND PETER J. HAMPTQN. 0F RUSH SPRINGS, OKLAHOMA.

HOLDER FOR DBIit KING-CUPS.

To nth/1mm it may concern:

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oloar. and oxaot dosrription of tho im'ontion. sin-h as will onahloothers skillod in tho art to whirl: it apportains to nialt'o and tl.-(tho salno.

'lhis ipvont'ioi rolatos to in:pi'ovonronts'in holdors for individualdrinking oups.

()no ohjm-t of tho invention is to provide a holder of this ohai'artorhaving moans \i'horthy the same may ho looktal thoioby provonting: theuso of tho oup or glass by any ono oxoopt the ])t';'stm having: tho koyof the lfll'h' which fastons the hohto'r.

.\nothor object is to provide tin-individual cup or glass holrloroonstruotod in sllt'lt manner as to support the cup 0 glass in aninvortod position ii'horohy tlwi aiuomay drain.

\Vith thoso and otln-r olljot'ts in View, the int'ontiru: oon ists ofoortain novol foatures of oonstrurtioii. ooinlaination :ugi'darrangenu-nts of parts aspwill ho more fully dcsorihod and partit'ularlypointod out in the -appondrd t'litilll.

In tho aoooinpanying drat' ings z Figaro 1 is a poi-spool in- \iow ofour iniprovod-holder showing th sanio in tiporativo position. Fig. 2 isa vortival sootional view tlu-roof. Fig. 3 is a iinilar viow of thouppor portion of tho holdortakop at riL ht anglos ti: and on tho lino3-4, of Fig. 2. [a

in th proton-ml torn: of tho in 't-ntion shown in Fig l. 2 and 3 thoholdor is shown as voinprisinga haso or supporting nionihor t consistingof a ring or annular plato having l'or uod tlu-roin :i'riroular drainpassago 2, and an annular roooss 3 which provill s a soul toi'oooittthoodgu of the clip or glass whon ll'lVt'l'ttt]. thoroin.

'lho plato or rin; t is provnlod on its roar side with a squziro shank=1 havin; a rcduor'd outor ond 3 whir'h is pivotally oonnootod to asupporting lu-aokot t' soourod to a hoard or plato T adaptod to hosorowod or othol'wiso lastoiu-d to a wall or othor support.

'Iho hra 'kol t3 roinprisos an atta hing plato 8 and a pair ol'aporturod lugs t) hotwoon 'speil icat on of Letters Pat nt- PatentedSlpt. 19, 1911.

-Apptication filed September 22. 1am. Serial No. 583.232.

forinssquaro shouldors on tho opposito sidos of tin sumo, whit-h, whontho plato or ringl is swung down to an oporativo position ongago thoonds of tho lugs it as oloarly shown in Fig. l of tho drawings. saidonds of the lugs thus fUIIlliltjJ stops 'lllt'll hold tho plattt in ahorizontal position.

Adaptod to ho ongagod with tho bottom of tho glas or rap whoniIiYt't'tBtl in the supltllt'lllli! ring is a holding riu; or annular,vontnilly aportuitvd plato It) whirh is pro- \ltlorl on its lowor sidowith an annular roooss ll adaptod to ongago and lit ovor tho uppor 0ndof tho inwrtod oup or glass as shown.

'l'ho ring or pluto 10 is proi'iilotl on its roar side with anll:tt';1l:llsll:lttl( l2 th outor end of whirh is pivotally ong agodwith an llppor supporting hraokot l soonrod to tho board or date T. 'lhohraokot tit ooniprisos an at't tohlng plato It on w-hioh is t'oruual apair ol\:iporturod lugs 15 hotwoon tho uppor onds of whirl: tho shank ILis pivotally oon' iuotod.

Sol-(trod at its lowor mat to tho attarhinp, plato llol' tho lu'aokot 13 is a. Hat spring I tho t'l'oo tlltl ol whit-h is ony'agg'od with thoundor sido of tho shank whoroh tluplato l0 w'lu-n rt-loasod is :nlaptodto hohtutoinatioally swung upwardly out of t'llflilfltllfi'llt with thooup or glass thus porinitting tho 'lattor to ho roadily ronunod from thoHUI)- porting plato 1.

In ordor to t'aston tho holding platv or ring It) in oprrativoongagoiuont with tho cup or glass to provt-nt tln' ronioval thoroot' woproi ido :1 looking tlt'Vltt t-i-unprising' a ltu'h' ttitFitlfJf 17having thoroin a suitahlo koy oporatod lot-king nugohanisn: :ulaptod toprojunk and rvtraot :i looking holt: 18 into and out of olltlagona-ntwith tho shank l2. Tho holt; 18 as here shown is proforahly adaptod toho projoototl llll'tlltflll gl'tlitlt! aporturos it) fornu'd in tho lugs15 of tho hraokot 123 iminodiatoly holow tho innl-r ond of tho shank 11as t'loarly shown in Fig. 3 of tho drawings thorohy provonting tho shankand plato or ring from boing swung upwardly thus as-toning the cup orglass in tllt' holdor.

Having thus dosorihed our ilivolition, what we olaim is:

A drinking-mp holdor comprising: uppor and lowor tixod pairs of tags. :1olljrollgagwhich is pivotod tho roduood (end of tho ing n omhor havinga'latoral stoni pii'otod shank -t. 'l'horoduccd end of tho shank betweenthe lower lugs and having shoulders on its sides to bear against theouter set our hands in presence of two subscribedgcs of the lug, asecond cup-engaging ing witnesses. member having a. lateral stem ivotedbetween the upper lugs and :1 b0 1; mounted transversely in said lugsand bearing against the underside of the stem in rear of the Witnesses:pivot thereof. '1. W. FOREMAN. In testimony whereof we have hereunto T.B. BAILEY.

JAMES B. WALKER. PEIER J. HAMPTON.

